oppressed

In Gbaya, the notion of those who are oppressed, i.e. those without a voice, in Psalm 76:9 is emphasized with the ideophone sélélé that expresses absolute silence.

Ideophones are a class of sound symbolic words expressing human sensation that are used as literary devices in many African languages. (Source: Philip Noss)

See also silence.

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